Historical Section Meeting, Liverpool
Saturday 21st May 201608:00
This year’s historical section meeting will take place in Liverpool on 2016 May 21.
The cost will be £5 for BAA members and £10 for non-members, including refreshments but not lunch.
Timetable
09:30 Doors open
09:30 – 10:00 Refreshments & Registration
10:00 – 10:00 Introduction and Welcome – Mike Frost
10:10 – 11:05 Gerard Gilligan –‘West Kirby to the Moon – The History of Liverpool Astronomical Society’
11:05 – 12:00 Kevin Kilburn –‘The Bridestones Legacy’
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch Break (The Meeting House has a café and there are lots of eateries nearby)
13:30 – 13:35 Welcome back
13:35 – 14:30 Christopher Taylor – ‘William Herschel and the Expansion of the Universe’
14:30 – 15:25 Bob Marriott – ‘Lancashire Emigrants’
15:25 – 15:50 Refreshments
15:50 – 16:50 Prof. Bill Leatherbarrow – ‘Patrick Moore and our volcanic Moon’
17:00 The Quaker Meeting House closes.
Venue
Quaker Meeting House, School Lane, Liverpool
Booking Information
Advance booking for this meeting is now closed, but you will be able to buy tickets on the door.